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HebrewH1542Noun

גִּלֹה

gi.loh

2Occurrences
H1542Strong's #
NounPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Giloh, a place in Palestine

or (fully) גִּילֹה; from H1540 (גָּלָה); open;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Giloh = "exile" a city in the mountains of Judah, home town of Ahithophel Also named: gi.lo.ni (*גִּילֹנִי *"Gilonite" H1526)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun

Morphology Code

N:N--L

Full Description

N:N--L

Occurrences

גִּלֹה appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
1
Joshua
1

Key Passages

2 Samuel 15:12BSB

While Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come from his hometown of Giloh.So the conspiracy gained strength, and Absalom’s following kept increasing.

Joshua 15:51BSB

Goshen, Holon, and Giloh—eleven cities, along with their villages.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.